Right now

Today I'm joining in with Kelly Willette's "Right Now" challenge (for want of a better word!).  Here's what she says on her blog:

"I’m horrible at remembering to document just for the sake of documenting….I’m such a perfectionist that I have to stage/pose everything.  and, I really want my kids to look back at our photos and see that sometimes, our house was a wreck – toys were all over the house, dishes were left in the sink, and the laundry was (and still IS) piled up.
I want to force myself to capture our REAL day to day – RIGHT now.
so I’m creating a goal for me and for you, my readers.  let’s focus on the “RIGHT NOW” in our photos.  I’m not suggesting that we uncover ALL of our home’s messiness all of the time….but let’s make a pointed effort to capture the “right now” occasionally in our photos."

I read about this when Kelly first posted but then didn't get round to posting my photo on the day I took it. I'm going to say it's okay to post it today instead. This was our kitchen on Monday morning - mess and all! Claire was feeding Alice, Emily was waiting for her toast to pop up and Hugh  had just made some breakfast. This is real life and this is the photo I used in Project Life for Monday.

Are any of you joining in on this as well?  I'd love to be able to link up and see your Right Now too :)
xx

Sunday

Today has been a quiet day for Emily and myself. Yesterday, Emily had a tummy bug which made her quite ill but, fortunately, it seems to have been a 24 hour bug as she was feeling a bit better today though still quite weak. That's not really surprising as she didn't eat anything yesterday and has only had an apple and a few spoons of rice today. I'm hoping tomorrow will be a better day and she'll be eating a little bit more. 

 Today she made it downstairs and was back on her laptop for a while :)

 I had a walk round the garden looking at the plants that are flowering at the moment. This clematis is flowering for the first time - it was planted last year but didn't flower and we've been waiting to see whether we would get any this year or not. Looks like we're in luck!

I'm not sure whether you can see the flowers in this photo clearly enough. It's a bush we have under our kitchen window and each year around this time it has masses of these tiny pink/lilac flowers and the most amazing scent. The flowers don't last for long but while they are out the smell from them is wonderful. We don't know what this plant is so if anyone has any idea, I'd love to know.

 This photo was taken on Friday when we were watching the Royal Wedding - Alice was the most patriotic of us all in her red, white and blue outfit.

 Today she was in a little summer outfit as they were going out to visit friends after Craig/Daddy finished his football match.

She is now sitting on her own (though we like to be near by - just in case) and is starting to take an interest in her toys. She loves anything that plays music and one of the ways Claire can get her off to sleep is by singing to her.

I hope you all enjoy the Bank Holiday tomorrow - have you got anything nice planned?
xx

For Marti

Marti is Deb's (Paper Turtle) Mum and today is her birthday, so I'm going to start by wishing Marti a very 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

Marti was diagnosed with Cancer in February this year.  As part of a support network, Deb asked for people who might be interested in wearing the teal Cancer wristband and become part of Team Teal! I was lucky enough to receive one and have been wearing it in Marti's honour.

Many of us have been touched by Cancer; some will have had it themselves, others will know someone who has had it or is going through it. I personally know a number of people who have had cancer and know how strong you have to stay to fight the disease. Marti, I'm on your side - you and your family are in our thoughts and in our daily prayers. Stay strong and have a wonderful birthday :-)

xx

We've been ....

Loving the warmer weather and getting our first barbecues in

 Enjoying the blossom on our tree, while it lasts.

 Watching Alice grow and start tasting more and more flavours.

 Not always so sure about them 

 Getting messy in the process (though she still looks quite clean here!)

Too cute!

 We're loving the school holidays and being able to sit outside and read

 We took Alice's crib outside so she could sleep in the shade :o)

 Mummy kisses xx

 Wondering why Grandma has a big black object/camera in front of her face so often

 Realising I am behind said object/camera

 Playing Peek a Boo

And making progress with sitting up.

All in all, things have been very relaxed around here, we're just enjoying Emily's time off school and being able to sit outside and enjoy the weather.  Needless to say, we're also loving watching Alice as she learns new things day by day. She's such a happy little girl who gives out lots of smiles but the time is certainly going fast - a few more weeks and she'll be six months!!

I hope you're also enjoying the weather and getting a chance to go out and enjoy it. 

Happy Easter 

xx